What instruction does Anderson give to the reader at the end of the poem entitled “forgiveness” (206) and what is her purpose for doing so?

Throughout the poem entitled, “forgiveness,” Anderson instructs the reader to add, subtract, multiply, and divide a series of numbers, each based on their own experiences involving sexual abuse, molestation, harassment, and other products of a misogynistic society. In the poem’s final stanza, Anderson gives one final order. She tells the reader to study the number and to forgive themselves “no matter what it is” (207).